National Guardsman Healing After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital

A servicemember of the Air National Guard is on the mend after he was critically injured in an targeted attack last month in Washington DC.

The family of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say "the injury to his head is gradually improving and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" stated West Virginia Governor the governor.

The family expects the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the next two to three weeks, and they feel hopeful about his progress, said the governor.

Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two state guardsmen shot when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the White House on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her injuries.

"Our request remains for all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared.

The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil.

A pastor at the event shared a statement from the soldier's parents, Jason and Melody Wolfe.

"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they wrote, as reported by regional media Metro News.

"However our belief keeps us optimistic. We remain grateful for the well-wishes and the encouragement from people all over the world."

Previously, the state official said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.

Law enforcement have formally accused the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and assault with intent to kill.

Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with American troops in Afghanistan.

The injured airman was one of two thousand National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his immigration and crime-related crackdown in urban centers.

Following the incident, the former president said he desired another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.

The Trump administration has also cited the shooting as a reason for further immigration crackdown measures.

They have halted naturalization proceedings for immigrants from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the recent season, among them the suspect's home country.